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OK. So I'm watching game four of the Finals. Actually I'm watching the opening graphics and admiring the beautifully rendered golden lettering, and trying hard to make my brain not pay attention to the grammatical error that it represents (Finals is plural but there is only one single final series which is being referenced). Who needs to speak english properly when you're looking at the big imprinted stamp of greatness that happens as "the Finals" rolls off the tongue and shines so brilliantly in hi-def? And so I'm allowing myself to be hypnotized in order to feel a sense of expectation.
Still - the league's image seems tarnished to me. I mean ok it's wonderful that people are sitting down to watch this renewal of big-time franchises. But I fear that the interest-level only masks what might be deteriorating below the surface.
First of all the league seems oblivious to the need of putting the best product on the...
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